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Mourinho applies for Liverpool job

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Well, who else could he be talking about?

José Mourinho has admitted he wants to return to English football and "build something" at a Premier League club.

The former Chelsea manager believes he will return to the country he left after his fractious relationship with the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, ended with his sacking in September 2007 despite having led the Stamford Bridge club to successive league titles in his first two seasons in charge.

"I want to build something," said the Portuguese, now at Internazionale in Italy. "I want to work with a different perspective.

"I love Inter and would love to build for the future here. In fact, I am doing it now, because I am not a selfish coach and I'm thinking about the future in terms of youth development and the age structure of my first team — but Italy is not the country for this. England is the country. And my football is English football.

"At Porto my objective was to win to earn the right to go abroad. At Chelsea my ambition was to create a bit of history. But I always knew Chelsea lacked the normal English culture of stability.

"I was never under any illusions. I understood the personality of Roman and the culture of the people around him [Mourinho carefully exempted Peter Kenyon, the outgoing chief executive, from this] and knew it was not a job for 10 years.

"My role was to give this man what he wanted – victory – knowing that sooner or later my time would finish because there were too many things going on around me."
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Yes, I rather think you're right.

What about him setting himself up as Ferguson's anointed one though?
 
I think Mourinho would be a great manager for us. Plus, I think he'd galvanise the team.

I like Rafa and I honestly thought we would win the league. He has been hampered by the owners but at the same time, has been the architect of his own problems. The bottom line is that after all his time here, we are now reliant on 2 players instead of one.
 
Ahh- good call BD. He's probably dangling a worm for whoever will take it. City or us.

Maybe Hull......
 
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But you wouldn't need to 'build something' at United, would you? It's all there already.
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Really? I know they play good football, and this ethic has seen them carry a few average players over the years too, allowing them to get by, but they do need rebuilding squad wise. Giggs, Scholes, Van Der Saar and Neville are at the end of their careers.
 
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[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=37186.msg988368#msg988368 date=1258187279]
But you wouldn't need to 'build something' at United, would you? It's all there already.
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Really? I know they play good football, and this ethic has seen them carry a few average players over the years too, allowing them to get by, but they do need rebuilding squad wise. Giggs, Scholes, Van Der Saar and Neville are at the end of their careers.
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But that's not building, that's re-building.

Same could be argued for us.

Nah, that's Citeh.
 
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[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=37186.msg988368#msg988368 date=1258187279]
But you wouldn't need to 'build something' at United, would you? It's all there already.
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Really? I know they play good football, and this ethic has seen them carry a few average players over the years too, allowing them to get by, but they do need rebuilding squad wise. Giggs, Scholes, Van Der Saar and Neville are at the end of their careers.
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But that's not building, that's re-building.

Same could be argued for us.

Nah, that's Citeh.
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Yeah I agree it's probably Citeh, I just meant that you could argue United aren't the finished article, they need work.
 
the special one is coming. he can and will win us the premiership with this squad. he will instill a winning mentality....

ok enough of that but we all know that if he were in charge of us right now we would have developed an under siege mentality and used the crap around the team to strengthen us.

its his ' i want to work with a different perspective' i find most hints our way rather than say city.
 
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the special one is coming. he can and will win us the premiership with this squad. he will instill a winning mentality....

ok enough of that but we all know that if he were in charge of us right now we would have developed an under siege mentality and used the crap around the team to strengthen us.

its his ' i want to work with a different perspective' i find most hints our way rather than say city.
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Speak for yourself mate, I can't remember giving you license to speak for me.
 
[quote author=reuque link=topic=37186.msg988388#msg988388 date=1258190819]
Would LOVE to see him here, unlikely though given our circumstances.
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In Malaysia? Yes, I'd love to see him there, too. Anywhere but Liverpool.
 
Probably one of the few managers with the ability to keep all of our best players if Rafa was to leave..

i really have my doubts about Reina, Riera, Mascherano, Torres and even Gerrard sticking around if Rafa was to leave suddenly
 
"its his ' i want to work with a different perspective' i find most hints our way rather than say city. "

Yeah, I bet he was thinking, "Oh that lucky Rafa bastard! How splendid must it be working for Tom & George!"
 
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we all know that if he were in charge of us right now we would have developed an under siege mentality and used the crap around the team to strengthen us.
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I don't recall Mourinho doing anything particularly clever with the media. I recall him having an instant impact in terms of organizing his team on the pitch, and also having a shitload of money to spend.

What I know for sure is that if Rafa tried to develop a "siege mentality" you'd point to every single statement he made, argue with it, and ultimately decry it as the houllier-esque excuses and ramblings of a doomed manager.
 
A mouthy egomaniac whose last English team, although stuffed full of expensive big name players, finished up playing football that only George Graham found thrilling? The man managaer who left behind a divided dressing room? Give the hype a rest.
 
I'm pretty sure that the Mancs have him already lined up to replace Ferguson at the end of this season.

And I think that is why they have left the £80m Ronaldo money for him to rebuild the squad when he comes in.
 
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[quote author=reuque link=topic=37186.msg988388#msg988388 date=1258190819]
Would LOVE to see him here, unlikely though given our circumstances.
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In Malaysia? Yes, I'd love to see him there, too. Anywhere but Liverpool.
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LOL
 
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[quote author=rage link=topic=37186.msg988389#msg988389 date=1258190886]
we all know that if he were in charge of us right now we would have developed an under siege mentality and used the crap around the team to strengthen us.
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I don't recall Mourinho doing anything particularly clever with the media. I recall him having an instant impact in terms of organizing his team on the pitch, and also having a shitload of money to spend.

What I know for sure is that if Rafa tried to develop a "siege mentality" you'd point to every single statement he made, argue with it, and ultimately decry it as the houllier-esque excuses and ramblings of a doomed manager.
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Which, in fairness, is the impression that Rafa is giving at the moment.
 
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I'm pretty sure that the Mancs have him already lined up to replace Ferguson at the end of this season.

And I think that is why they have left the £80m Ronaldo money for him to rebuild the squad when he comes in.
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I agree with this.
 
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[quote author=LFC_DO link=topic=37186.msg988402#msg988402 date=1258192164]
I'm pretty sure that the Mancs have him already lined up to replace Ferguson at the end of this season.

And I think that is why they have left the £80m Ronaldo money for him to rebuild the squad when he comes in.
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I agree with this.
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I don't.
 
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[quote author=LFC_DO link=topic=37186.msg988402#msg988402 date=1258192164]
I'm pretty sure that the Mancs have him already lined up to replace Ferguson at the end of this season.

And I think that is why they have left the £80m Ronaldo money for him to rebuild the squad when he comes in.
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I agree with this.
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I don't.
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Well the 80M being put on the shelf bit is a bit dubious but I think there is far more chance that he will be at ManU than us
 
Yeah, it could be City I suppose. If they really do want to give their managers time though, Hughes will be there for a few seasons yet.
 
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[quote author=LFC_DO link=topic=37186.msg988402#msg988402 date=1258192164]
I'm pretty sure that the Mancs have him already lined up to replace Ferguson at the end of this season.

And I think that is why they have left the £80m Ronaldo money for him to rebuild the squad when he comes in.
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I agree with this.
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I don't.
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Well the 80M being put on the shelf bit is a bit dubious but I think there is far more chance that he will be at ManU than us
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I think he's more likely to go to Man United too.
 
Regardless of who is managing us next season, we're going to need to throw a fair bit of money at the team in the summer.
 
I don't understand why everyone thinks he's talking about City.

He didn't talk passionately about Chelsea, just that it was a good job to deliver trophies and raise his profile. From everything said there it sounds as he's looking for a change from those circumstances, and City would effectively be the same as Chelsea.
 
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=37186.msg988420#msg988420 date=1258194870]
I don't understand why everyone thinks he's talking about City.

He didn't talk passionately about Chelsea, just that it was a good job to deliver trophies and raise his profile. From everything said there it sounds as he's looking for a change from those circumstances, and City would effectively be the same as Chelsea.
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Ditto that. The only change would be from Russian billionaire to Arab billionaire.
 
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